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sven

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  1. @ gamehead. i cant be so sure, iv actualy used someone elses wifi network in my area, and hes across the street.

    @ rssfed23. i will have some sensitive data being transfered over my network. all my parents business data is run and stored on a computer accessible by network. i would rather have the high wpa security and not have any of this compromised. knowing gamehead200, he will be sitting on my front porch trying to crack it. :P

    @RogueSpear: i currently have a gateway router while dials out to the internet and manages my port forwards. i have added a wrt-54g to act as an access point. it will be running using wpa as an extension to my current network. i will possibly add a really cheap (i mean 20$ or less) router which will create a 2nd network, running on a different ip range and subnet, using wep, no access to shares or any data on the original network except the internet connection.

    on another note, someone told me that in the next version of dd-wrt (which i have already installed on my wrt-54g) that we will be ble to create 2 seperate networks with different parameters. hopefully they'll do that.

  2. i have run into a wpa/wep network security trap. i will soon (ok, im talking 6 months) have 2 wireless devices, one that runs only wep security, and one that will run wpa becuase i want it too. i have the delema of making myself vulnerable to have the wep device work, or have the high security i want. at the moment i have one wireless wrt54g router. the wep device only needs access the internet, nothing else. here is my plan, tell me if it works.

    i will set up my current router with wpa, as an access point to my current network. it will use wpa with a 128bit key, random digits, ect. in addition to this, on another channel with a different ssid (nothing that will give away the security), using 128bit wep encription and mac filtering. the wep router will be unable to connect to any 192.168.1.* address, and it will use the 192.168.2.* range. if i set the second router to use the connecting dsl router as a gateway, the internet should work, and no access to any files/shares/services ect.

    i want to make sure that all security holes are closed up (besides the fact that wep is insecure), causing minimal possible damages to my own personal data.

    if there is anything wrong with my plan or if its confusing (yea, gotta work on my english lol), post you ideas and we'll figure everything out together.

  3. ok, i have a laptop in mind i want to buy. there is currently a 650$ cdn rebate on it, which i would like to use before the 19th. im just wondering if the prices will go down in 6 months, or a new technology will come out.

    Dell Inspiron 9300

    Genuine Windows® XP Professional (English) (dont want vista)

    Intel® Pentium® M Processor 750 (1.86 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)

    17 inch Wide Screen XGA+ Display

    1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm

    100GB Hard Drive

    256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 6800

    8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability (not interested in hd-dvd)

    intel® PRO/Wireless 2915 Internal Wireless

    what technology can i expect in the next 6 months, and what kind of changes in prices? also, im not into getting the lastest top of the line new technology (hd-dvd is an example, cuz ill never use it)

    thanks everyone :D

  4. i personally haven't heard of this. if your concerned, just turn your webcam so it faces the wall when your not using it. also, i most cams are unable to be used with more then one application, so if you have it running, it shouldn't be able to start in another program

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